Living

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Dianne Jean Toop. Dianne was born in 1941; died on 12 Jan 2015 in Almonte, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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MAJAURY, DIANNE JEAN (nee; Toop)
Following a brief illness in hospital at Almonte on Monday, January 12, 2015. Dianne Majaury of Almonte. Dearly loved wife and best friend of David Majaury. Cherished mother of Deborah Thomas (Tim), Brenda Cole (Duane) and Colleen Liddle (Derek). Loved Gran of Terri-Lynne Scott (Dan), Robert, David, Jaime, Aidan & Nate as well as Great Gran of Caleb & Gabriel. Also survived by her siblings; Oliver, Sharon, Sharleen, Sheilagh, Fred, Kathleen, Wilfred, Percy ?Bud?, Karen, Orville & Gwen. Predeceased by her sisters: Marilyn, Brenda, Patricia and Janie. Friends may call at the C. R. GAMBLE FUNERAL HOME & CHAPEL Inc. 127 Church Street, Almonte, Ont. (613)256-3313 for visiting on Wednesday, January 14 from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 PM. Private Family Service will be held in the Chapel on Thursday.
For those who may want to honour Dianne with a memorial tribute, please consider the Ontario Heart & Stroke Foundation or the Almonte General Hospital Foundation.

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James Henry Majaury, 48 Main St West, Almonte, died February 25 at home. He was 65. Born April 27, 1914, in Lanark township, Mr Majaury was educated in the Clayton district. He was the son of the late Joseph and Barbara Majaury. A retired taxi driver, Mr Majaury attended Almonte United Church. he and his wife Margaret were married in Carleton Place in 1941. Mrs Majaury also worked as a taxi driver, although she has now retired. Mr Majaury is survived by his wife, his son David, of Almonte, his daughter Donna, of Ottawa, by brothers Ervin (Waba) and Harold (Lanark) and by sisters Ella (Mrs Camille Ladouceur of Clayton), Alma (Mrs John Mann of Pakenham), and Mrs Lillian Hughes of Chesterville. A public funeral was held February 28 from Gamble & Comba Funeral Home. The service was conducted by Reverend A Manson. Burial took place at Auld Kirk Cemetery. Pallbearers were G. Knight, A Mann, B Majaury, G Folkard, L. Ladouceur, and A. McArthur.
--Wednesday March 5, The Almonte Gazette page 14

Birth:
Lanark Township, Ontario

James married Margaret Giles in 1941 in Carleton Place, Ontario, Canada. Margaret (daughter of Reuben Giles and Bertha McArthur) was born in 1918 in Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 4 Jan 1981 in Almonte, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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REUBEN GILES
Reuben Giles, a retired railroader, died on Thursday, October 22. He was in his 86th year and was born at Union Hall and resided there for some twenty-five years. He then moved to Blakeney where he lived until his wife; the former Bertha McArthur died some twenty-two months ago. He then moved to Almonte to live with his daughter and son-in-law. While in Blakeney he made many friends where he was known as a good neighbour. He suffered failing eyesight for some twenty years, which became an increasing handicap. Mr. Giles was one of a family of four, one of whom survives, namely Robert Giles of Almonte. There are also four half-sisters, Mrs. Eva Rankin, Ottawa; Mrs. Ada Traill, Smiths Falls; Mrs. Margaret Corrigan, Spruce Lake, Sask., and Mrs. Minnie Elliott, Sonningdale, Sask. Two half-brothers are deceased. Though Mr. Giles had been in failing health for some time the end came suddenly, and unexpectedly. The funeral was held from the Comba Funeral Home, Almonte, on Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. to the Auld Kirk. Cemetery. The pallbearers were Messrs. George Arthur, James Bingham, George Robertson, Stewart Paterson, Lloyd Giles and Orville Giles.
--1959, Thursday October 29, The Almonte Gazette page 12

Reuben married Bertha McArthur on 20 Sep 1911 in Mississippi Mills, Ontario, Canada. Bertha (daughter of Stephen McArthur and Mary Turner) was born on 29 Feb 1880 in Mississippi Mills, Ontario, Canada; died on 25 Dec 1957 in Blakeney, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Almonte, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]